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‘No Comment’ Gives Atlanta Teens an Additional Voice

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From Atlanta’s nonprofit re:imagine ATL and teen director Sierra Isley (“Percy Jackson” webseries, “Vacancy”) comes “No Comment,” a teen-made webseries to provide an additional outlet for Atlanta teens, letting them tell their stories and bring to light the issues we face.

Last Thursday Nov. 3, re:imagine hosted a panel of Atlanta locals, including VOX Investigates Teen Editor Akhil Vaidya, to discuss the current state of Atlanta given all that has occurred this year. This was followed by the unveiling of the show’s trailer, presented by the series’ director Sierra Isley, a Decatur High School junior.

The show looks promising, even though much of the style in which the series is being made doesn’t look new, having been done in many similar indie projects. What will ultimately determine the show’s execution of this style will be how it is interpreted by teens, and I am excited to see how things turn out in that regard. Considering that the show will be directed by 16-year-old Isley, who constantly stressed how crucial it is that teens get proper representation in our media during the event, we can be sure the series will give teens the voice they need.

The series is planned to start in early 2017, and each 12-minute monthly episode will be presented at Atlanta’s Plaza Theatre followed by a public discussion hosted by VOX.

The teens currently involved with “No Comment” so far include: 

Syd Black, 18
Jordan Bonner, 17, Joseph Wheeler High School
Chelsea Davis, 12, Kipp South Fulton Academy
Christian Drayton, 18, Carver Early College High School
Keson Graham, 17, Decatur High School
Isis Grisby, 16
Marcus Grisby, 18 Graduated from Marietta High School
Jaylynn Haywood, 17, Performance Learning Center
Sierra Isley, 16, Decatur High School
Lis Kerce, 18
Maddy Laing, 16, Lakeside High School
Alexa Markfeld, 16 The New School Atlanta
Zakeeus Murray, 16, Frederick Douglas High School
Josiah Quiroz, 17
Dylan Shapiro, 15 The Lovett School
Andrew Schmitt, 18, South Forsyth High school
Joel Shimada, 18, Georgia State University
Quintavious Yarbrough, 16, The New School Atlanta
Mikael, 18, is a freshman at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta where he plans to major in animation. Mikael has made a host of stop-motion and claymation short films, including his popular Donald Trump VS webseries and his award-winning short film “The Tree That Refused To Fall,” which can all be found on his YouTube channel, Cyclops Studios.
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